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Thursday, March 28, 2013

William Stafford Brings It All Together

Poetry Friday is hosted today
by Mary Lee Hahn, at A Year of Reading, poet
extraordinaire of the spare poem that says so much. Thank you Mary Lee!

The March Slice of Life Challenge- 29 of 31

Tweet at #Slice2013

And for two more days after this, slicers who’ve written and supported and read and commented for (now) 29 days, will stop, and return to their routines of regular life, a little weary, but very proud and thrilled at all that they learned, about themselves as writers and about others as a community. It was a terrific month.

Poets in the kidlitosphere
are readying for two days from now when it’s APRIL, not the cruelest month, but the loveliest-POETRY MONTH! You can see to the right of this page that
Irene Latham at Live Your Poem
is again hosting a progressive poem during the month. You can read the lively and interesting poem that was
created last year here. It will be great fun to see what quirky words happen
this time.

If you’d like to see more of
the spectacular happenings occurring in April, check out Jama Rattigan’s blog,Jama’s Alphabet Soup. I think she’ll be adding to the list as she
finds out more, so keep checking in.

And, if you’ve followed along
with the March Madness Poetry competition, it is coming to an end. Right now, today, you can vote for your
favorite poem of the Final Four!Here’s a link to the site, showing the
words that those four who have dazzled us all with their poetry have to write
from. Thanks to Ed DiCaria who has put
this wonderful event together, and to the Final Four poets: Renee M. LaTulippe, Cheryl Lawton Malone, M.M. Socks, and Dave Crawley.

I believe I’ve found a poem
to share today that fits each group, both creative groups who write and
inspire and are hopeful and kind in their lives. One of my favorite poets is William
Stafford; I have shared more than one poem from him before. This poem talks about community, a
commonality that people share and carry, even as they go their separate ways. Read and see if it fits the Slice of Life
March challenge slicers and the
Poetry Friday gatherers.

I hope you all find pleasure in the
groups you choose, and hold onto the thread that keeps you feeling like a part of something!

36 comments:

Linda,Thanks for all of the poetry information for April. I'm looking forward to all the excitement around poetry.

I enjoyed the poem you shared by William Stafford. I'm going to have to spend some time thinking about the thread. It seems in slice of life so many threads have crossed one another and formed something beautiful.

You have this amazing ability to find, create and say words that fill a day, making it richer and more beautiful. I liked the poem, and I liked -creative groups who write and inspire and are hopeful and kind in their lives. Your slice is a good start for this Friday and weekend. Thank you.

You're welcome, Margaret. I'm so happy you're participating in all the fun! In May, I guess we will rest a while after all the posts & reading, end of the year, etc. For teachers, it's usually a time of reflection, & perhaps that will be a theme! Let me know if you have any big ideas!

So looking forward to Poetry Month - we've started a unit of poetry in WW and the students are amazing me with their talents. Thank you for sharing the poem and insight into it. So many wonderful learning communities online. We are lucky to live in such an age.

That poem really does speak to what it's like to be a slicer! "You have to explain it" and sometimes people don't understand because they don't know what it's like... and of course all slices have the special threads of our lives running through them. A neat reflection for the end of the month, Linda!